Canonical flow

Nine calls, in this order, take you from nothing to a list of matches. Every one of them is copy-pasteable, and every long-running step is a run you poll rather than a request you wait on.

Prerequisites

Set the base URL and API key for the current docs hostname:

export MESHI_BASE="https://api.meshi.io/api/v0/partner"
export MESHI_KEY="<MESHI_PARTNER_PRODUCTION_KEY>"

export MESHI_BASE="https://api.staging.meshi.io/api/v0/partner"
export MESHI_KEY="<MESHI_PARTNER_STAGING_KEY>"

1. Confirm auth and write scope

curl -sS "$MESHI_BASE/auth" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MESHI_KEY"

Continue only if the response includes partner:write in scopes. If it includes event_id, require that exact assigned event throughout this flow and skip event creation; event-scoped keys cannot create another event or use org-wide routes.

2. Create the event

You own event_id. Use a stable ID from your event system.

curl -sS -X POST "$MESHI_BASE/events" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MESHI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "event_id": "summit-2026",
    "title": "Annual Partner Summit 2026",
    "description": "Two-day leadership summit",
    "start_date": "2026-09-10",
    "end_date": "2026-09-11",
    "timezone": "America/New_York",
    "visibility": "private",
    "url_slug": "summit-2026"
  }'

201 means the event was created. 409 PARTNER_ID_CONFLICT means that ID already exists in your org; fetch the event and continue if it is the same logical event.

3. Add matchmaking context

Context helps downstream matching use event-specific goals and instructions. Send at least one field.

curl -sS -X POST "$MESHI_BASE/events/summit-2026/context" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MESHI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "event_details": "Senior product and engineering leaders from portfolio companies.",
    "objectives": "Maximize useful cross-company introductions.",
    "welcome_instructions": "Introduce yourself with your top goal for the summit."
  }'

Each context field is optional, but at least one must be present. Each value is capped at 4000 characters.

4. Import the attendees

Imports are async. Each attendee needs a stable attendee_id and name; email, LinkedIn URL, title, company, and raw data are optional.

IDEMP=$(uuidgen)

curl -sS -X PUT "$MESHI_BASE/events/summit-2026/attendees:import" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MESHI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d "{
    \"idempotency_key\": \"$IDEMP\",
    \"attendees\": [
      {
        \"attendee_id\": \"att-1001\",
        \"name\": \"Jordan Lee\",
        \"email\": \"jordan@example.com\",
        \"linkedin_url\": \"https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanlee\",
        \"title\": \"VP Product\",
        \"company\": \"Acme\",
        \"side\": \"founder\",
        \"event_goal\": \"Meet investors and enterprise design partners\",
        \"raw_data\": { \"source\": \"crm-export-2026-06\" }
      },
      {
        \"attendee_id\": \"att-1002\",
        \"name\": \"Sam Rivera\",
        \"title\": \"Head of Partnerships\",
        \"company\": \"Globex\",
        \"side\": \"investor\",
        \"event_goal\": \"Meet founders building enterprise software\"
      }
    ]
  }"

The first accepted call returns 202. Capture run_id; the initial response has this shape:

{
  "run_id": "<RUN_UUID>",
  "kind": "import",
  "status": "queued",
  "event_id": "summit-2026",
  "idempotency_key": "<THE_KEY_FROM_YOUR_REQUEST>",
  "progress": {
    "total": 2,
    "processed": 0,
    "created": 0,
    "reused": 0,
    "mapped": 0,
    "event_added": 0,
    "already_in_event": 0,
    "review_required": 0,
    "skipped": 0,
    "error_count": 0,
    "warnings": []
  },
  "error": null,
  "idempotent_replay": false,
  "correlation_id": "<CORRELATION_ID>"
}

A replay with the same idempotency key and event returns 200 with idempotent_replay: true and the original run.

5. Poll the import run

Poll GET /runs/:run_id until status is terminal: succeeded, partial, or failed.

poll_run () {
  local run_id="$1"
  local delay=2
  local max=30

  while :; do
    resp=$(curl -sS "$MESHI_BASE/runs/$run_id" \
      -H "Authorization: Bearer $MESHI_KEY")
    status=$(echo "$resp" | jq -r '.status')

    case "$status" in
      succeeded|partial|failed)
        echo "$resp"
        return 0
        ;;
      *)
        sleep "$delay"
        if [ "$delay" -lt "$max" ]; then delay=$((delay * 2)); fi
        if [ "$delay" -gt "$max" ]; then delay="$max"; fi
        ;;
    esac
  done
}

poll_run "<IMPORT_RUN_ID>"

For partial or failed, inspect progress and error. A representative partial import looks like this:

{
  "status": "partial",
  "progress": {
    "total": 2,
    "processed": 2,
    "created": 1,
    "reused": 0,
    "mapped": 1,
    "event_added": 1,
    "already_in_event": 0,
    "review_required": 1,
    "skipped": 0,
    "error_count": 1,
    "errors": [{
      "row": 1,
      "attendee_id": "att-1002",
      "message": "Identity review required",
      "review_id": "<REVIEW_UUID>"
    }],
    "warnings": []
  },
  "error": {
    "code": "PARTIAL_IMPORT",
    "message": "One or more attendee rows were held or rejected during import"
  }
}

A held identity row includes a zero-based row, attendee_id, message, and review_id in progress.errors. List the review queue and resolve that review with accept, reject, or distinct; a reject returns remaining_reviews, while rejecting the final candidate returns 409 REJECT_LAST_CANDIDATE and leaves it open. Resolution applies the held import but does not change the terminal run from partial to succeeded, so verify the roster/readiness afterward.

curl -sS "$MESHI_BASE/review-queue?limit=50" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MESHI_KEY"

curl -sS -X POST "$MESHI_BASE/review-queue/<REVIEW_ID>/resolve" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MESHI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "decision": "accept", "reason": "Confirmed by source system operator." }'

accept adopts the selected person, distinct creates a new one, and reject rejects one candidate. Conflict-safe 409 responses leave the review open; relist before retrying.

Reuse the same idempotency key only for an identical request whose delivery is uncertain. A terminal replay returns the existing run. Use a fresh key for corrected work after a terminal partial or failed run.

6. Trigger enrichment

IDEMP=$(uuidgen)

curl -sS -X POST "$MESHI_BASE/events/summit-2026/enrichment-runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MESHI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d "{ \"idempotency_key\": \"$IDEMP\" }"

The response includes a queued run. Poll it to terminal with the same poll_run function. Terminal enrichment means attendee-level work was queued; it does not mean every profile, embedding, or intent derivation is ready.

Example enrichment progress:

{
  "total": 2,
  "processed": 2,
  "enrichment_requested": 2,
  "review_required": 0,
  "skipped": 0,
  "error_count": 0,
  "errors": []
}

Rows with REVIEW_REQUIRED need identity review resolution. Rows with NO_SOURCE_RECORD had no source record available for enrichment.

Recheck GET /events/summit-2026/readiness after enrichment. Fix blocking warnings, missing profile/intent inputs, and explicit side coverage before matching. For a two-sided event, require side_coverage.policy_active: true; founder_count, investor_count, and SEVERE_SIDE_IMBALANCE make roster capacity visible. intent_processing is a freshness signal: a match run can use explicit event axes plus usable inferred profile intent while derivation is pending, or you can wait for the newest derivation.

7. Trigger matching

IDEMP=$(uuidgen)

curl -sS -X POST "$MESHI_BASE/events/summit-2026/match-runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MESHI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d "{ \"idempotency_key\": \"$IDEMP\", \"top_n\": 10 }"

top_n is optional, defaults to 10, and must be between 1 and 50. Poll the returned match run to terminal. Trigger a fresh run after roster, side, or intent changes.

8. Read the matches

Read all matches for the event:

curl -sS "$MESHI_BASE/events/summit-2026/matches?limit=50&run_id=<MATCH_RUN_ID>" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MESHI_KEY"

Read top matches for one attendee:

curl -sS "$MESHI_BASE/events/summit-2026/attendees/att-1001/matches?limit=10&run_id=<MATCH_RUN_ID>&exclude_entity_ids[]=att-1002" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MESHI_KEY"

Read one ordered pair:

curl -sS "$MESHI_BASE/events/summit-2026/matches/att-1001/att-1002" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MESHI_KEY"

Match lists are ordered descending by final_score. Repeated exclusions accept partner attendee IDs or event-roster entity_id handles and apply before pagination. If run_id is omitted, Meshi uses the latest terminal match run; pin it while paging. Event-wide results support goal text but not session_id.

9. Later reviews resolve the same way

Enrichment may surface additional identity reviews. Use the same list-and-resolve sequence from the import recovery step; valid decisions remain accept, reject, and distinct.

Before you go live

• Use the production base URL and production key.
• Log every correlation_id.
• Generate one idempotency key per logical write operation, and reuse it only for retries of that same operation.
• Poll async runs to terminal; do not wait for webhook delivery in v0.
• Page through next_cursor verbatim until it is null.
• On 429, honor the Retry-After header before retrying.